The battle of Xuzhou, the really terrible is not the Cao Yuan coalition army, to deal with them, Liu Lan has a way, but the key is the Yuan Shao who doesn't talk much, his troops are eyeing the periphery, if you just want to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, but Yuan Shao wants to be a fisherman, and wants to wait for the snipe and clam to fight on the side, then Liu Lan can't sit idly by.

Guan Yu's marching speed was far beyond Liu Lan's imagination, and in less than half a month, he rushed over from Wuxian, and the moment he saw him, Liu Lan greeted him for a while, but the topic naturally returned to the Battle of Xuzhou.

After all, it is not very clear what the appointment said, in many cases, Guan Yu is still confused, I don't know, he wants to get an exact answer from Liu Lan's mouth, and Liu Lan gestured to Xu Shu on the side, and once again reiterated the reason why he dealt with Yan Liang, Guan Yu naturally has nothing to say about this, but Guan Yu has different opinions about the battle with Yan Liang.

This battle, although it is necessary to take the initiative to attack, but obviously it is necessary to take advantage, so how to be reasonable, evidence-based and responsible, it is natural to let Yan Liang bear the responsibility of provoking the war, so under this premise, Guan Yu thinks that if this battle is to be fought, Yan Liang must first take the initiative to fight, and he will definitely detect the movement of our army in Langya.

Therefore, whether it is in Linyi or Yangdu, Yan Liang will not be hidden, so Guan Yu has different opinions on Liu Lan's decision.

Guan Yu has followed Liu Lan for many years, before Liu Lan made a decision, then everyone can speak freely, but if he makes a decision, then all you have to do is obey, fortunately, in this matter, Guan Yu is now making suggestions, it is not too late, Liu Lan said with a smile: "After you arrive in Langya, you will be the main general, so how do you plan to use troops in Langya?" ”

Guan Yu stroked his long beard and said with a smile: "The last general thinks that it is easy to let the Jizhou army attack, but it is difficult to attract Yan Liang over, so if this battle is only to hit the Jizhou army, then it is completely feasible according to the lord's plan, but it cannot achieve the goal of severely inflicting damage on the Yuan army." ”

"Oh? What are you going to do? ”

"We not only want to let the Jizhou army enter Langya, but also let Yan Liang lead the troops into Langya, and the method is actually very simple, first of all, everyone knows that our army is fighting with Cao Cao in Pei County, I believe that Yan Liang has already mastered this information, then we might as well plan it, and let out the rumors that Pei County is struggling to fight, and we have no choice but to transfer Langya's troops to Pei County to fight with Cao Cao, and make a gesture of abandoning Langya County, and the Langya Army can always retreat, but there must be a limit, as long as the Langya Army arrives in Yangdu, it can be returned immediately, If the Langya army has not moved to Yanliang in the state of Zhang, then our troops can return.

Because Yan Liang may have guessed our intentions and even have to wait, so at that time we can only face off with the Jizhou army, but once Yan Liang wants to take advantage of the opportunity of our army to go to Pei County to occupy Langya County, then the Langya army can return in time, arrive in Kaesong, fight Yan Liang in Kaesong, and drag Yan Liang back. ”

"And the main force led by you can cooperate with Huang Zhong to kill Yan Liang by surprise, and Yan Liang will definitely be defeated by then?"

"Yes, but the idea of the last general is that the last general will lead the main force, detour to Tancheng in Donghai County and then enter Licheng, enter Chengyang County, seize Ju County, and kill Yan Liang from behind by surprise, this battle not only wants to cut off Yan Liang's back road, but also to let the Jizhou army have no return, and completely hit it hard, so as to ensure that in the next five years, Yuan Shao will not dare to touch Xuzhou again!"

"Good!"

Liu Lan took the case: "This plan is wonderful, I agree with your decision." He said to Xu Shu and said, "You immediately send an order to let Huang Zhong and Zang Ba go to Xuzhou in person!" ”

"Would it be nice to have one?" Xu Shu said with a smile: "Actually, the plan of the humble position can be implemented together with General Guan's plan, such as letting Zang Ba outflank the back road of the Jizhou army." ”

"No, Zang Ba is too difficult to control, let him return to Qingzhou when the time comes, especially after Yan Liang's defeat, it will not be so easy to transfer him back, so Qingzhou will not move, let him break this thought, and as long as Yan Liang loses this battle, but Qingzhou is still under his control, Yuan Shao will feel that although Yan Liang has lost this battle, it is still strategically successful, and even if our original plan to lead the water to the east is achieved, Yan Liang's failure will make Yuan Shao dare not attack us again, and even feel that he will defeat us, As long as Cao Cao is solved first.

As long as he turns all his attention to Cao Cao, we will be able to seize the counties south of the Yangtze River according to our plan.

"Then I don't understand the humble position, since the lord has already decided, why do you want to recruit Huang Zhong and Zang Ba at the same time?"

"The troops want to pretend to support Peixian, but Langya can't be guarded by no one, it looks like it can't be done, how can Yan Liang believe it? But who should be left, you have to listen to the thoughts of the two of them, right? ”

"Yes, if you want Yan Liang to believe, you must do enough, you can't leave one person at random, but the person who stays must block Yan Liang's fierce attack before the other person returns to the division, and there may even be a big risk, this matter must look at the attitude of the two.

And Zang Ba, it's not so easy to tame him, if he plays tricks, the consequences will become very serious, so I don't have to be this bad guy, let the two of them choose for themselves.

"The lord is not afraid that these two people will turn against each other because of this?"

"No, now that they know the plan, it's impossible to turn against each other, but I'm afraid there will be a debate about who stays to take this first credit, but I believe the two will make a choice."

An hour later, a fast horse left Xuzhou City, heading in the direction of Langya, and Guan Yu did not stay for too long, and left at the same time, after all, it was necessary to detour to Tancheng and Licheng, such a long distance, Guan Yu had always preferred to arrive early rather than late, even if he was stationed in Licheng in advance, it was better than not arriving on time because of time.

The army marched under the command of Guan Yu and moved quickly in the direction of Tancheng.

Everything went according to plan.

And in these days, the quietest has become Pei County, originally thought that there would be a fierce siege battle, but Xu Sheng did not expect that the next day would still be quiet, and Cao Jun did not have any movement.

In such a quiet situation, Huang Zhong and Zang Ba came to Xuzhou and met Liu Lan, Xu Shu told the two of them about the plan, and neither of them had any objections, and even agreed that the plan was perfect.

Just as Liu Lan expected, in the choice of the left-behind generals, Liu Lan let the two of them make their own decisions, and sure enough, both of them were striving to stay and keep the danger to themselves.

Of course, the greater the danger, the greater the credit, but Huang Zhong saw this very lightly, and when he saw that Zang Ba also expressed his attitude to stay, and his attitude was resolute, he chose to quit and gave him this opportunity.

In this regard, Huang Zhong was completely in return for his gratitude to Zang Ba when he was in Qingzhou, and Liu Lan readily agreed, and Huang Zhong led the troops to leave.

Because of the urgency of the battle, Guan Yu had already set off, so neither of them stopped in Xuzhou, and returned to Kaesong after receiving the order.

Then all the plans began to unfold, everything was going on in an orderly manner, and Huang Zhong led the army to leave after three days of doing the same thing in Kaesong, and drove to Peixian, and the news that there were less than 10,000 defenders in Kaesong for a while spread wildly.

And Yuan Tan, who had been waiting for the opportunity, found Yan Liang as soon as he heard the news, before he waited for the opportunity, he was thinking of attacking by himself, but now that the situation has taken a turn for the worse, he feels that he should go to explore Yan Liang's tone, after all, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, he naturally hopes to take advantage of this opportunity to get closer to Yan Liang.

However, Yan Liang was a little hesitant about the Langya army that left suddenly, although the current Langya was indeed very tempting, but he was really afraid that this was Huang Zhong's conspiracy, so after pondering for a while, he still made a final decision, shook his head and said to Yuan Tan: "If you want to attack Kaiyang now, then you will lead your troops over, I will not stop you, if you have to pull me, then I can only say that now is not the best time, I need to wait and take a look to determine what Huang Zhong's real intentions are." ”

This sentence completely made Yuan Tan also become vague, and he broke out: "Does the general think that this is the enemy army deliberately luring our army?" ”

"I don't know, but it's all coming too fast, I don't believe it if it's not possible, but it's not impossible to say that Liu Lan wants Huang Zhong to support Peixian, so I can't make an accurate judgment now, but whether this matter is true or not, it must take more than ten days to find out, and if it's true, then make my decision."

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Huang Zhong left Kaesong with his troops, and Du Yi and the Guards also went south with him, Du Yi who was with him was obviously a little lost, and he preferred to stay in Kaesong, but he and the Guards were both cavalry, and he needed his fast-moving troops to return to help.

On the contrary, they stayed to defend the city, and the role played by the guards was not great.

In this regard, Du Yi can only leave with the army, although he is unhappy, but he must obey the order, and even if this matter is reported to the lord, there will be no other possibility, so he can only honestly take the guards cavalry to the south with the army, but along the way, his mood has finally been somewhat relieved, and even issued a strict order for this, when the time comes to return to the army, if anyone drags his feet, he can't spare him.

Everyone understands this in their hearts, of course, they shouted in unison to reassure Du Yi, and Huang Zhong, who saw this scene, smiled bitterly, this Liu Lan is really good at leading soldiers, if these people are generals, there is a chance that they will stay for war exploits, but these soldiers are different, they really rush where there is danger.

How could he not love such a soldier?

After about ten days of marching, the army finally arrived in the state of Zhang, according to the agreement, they would stay in the country for three days, if the Yuan army had not yet invaded Langya, they would need to continue south, but the speed of the daily march had to be slowed down.

This order was different from Guan Yu's original idea, in order to attract Yan Liang's main force to Langya, he had to take all possible risks for this, so staying in Kaesong would be an extremely dangerous thing.

Because it is very likely that when the troops entered Dongguan, the enemy army did not appear, if at that time, they could only enter Peixian, and at that time, Yan Liang must also come to attack Kaiyang.

At that time, no one could save Zang Ba, even Guan Yu had no hope, so Liu Lan asked Huang Zhong to delay time when he arrived in Zhangguo, just to create an illusion, because Zhang Fei was rushing to Dongguan as fast as possible, and when he got there, the two armies would disguise, and Zhang Fei would pretend to be the main force of the Langya army to support Peixian as Huang Zhong.

And the real Huang Zhong's main force will return in secret.

However, the action must be secretive, once discovered, it is likely that Yan Liang will flee because of this.

On the contrary, they stayed to defend the city, and the role played by the guards was not great.

In this regard, Du Yi can only leave with the army, although he is unhappy, but he must obey the order, and even if this matter is reported to the lord, there will be no other possibility, so he can only honestly take the guards cavalry to the south with the army, but along the way, his mood has finally been somewhat relieved, and even issued a strict order for this, when the time comes to return to the army, if anyone drags his feet, he can't spare him.

Everyone understands this in their hearts, of course, they shouted in unison to reassure Du Yi, and Huang Zhong, who saw this scene, smiled bitterly, this Liu Lan is really good at leading soldiers, if these people are generals, there is a chance that they will stay for war exploits, but these soldiers are different, they really rush where there is danger.

How could he not love such a soldier?

After about ten days of marching, the army finally arrived in the state of Zhang, according to the agreement, they would stay in the country for three days, if the Yuan army had not yet invaded Langya, they would need to continue south, but the speed of the daily march had to be slowed down.

This order was different from Guan Yu's original idea, in order to attract Yan Liang's main force to Langya, he had to take all possible risks for this, so staying in Kaesong would be an extremely dangerous thing.

Because it is very likely that when the troops entered Dongguan, the enemy army did not appear, if at that time, they could only enter Peixian, and at that time, Yan Liang must also come to attack Kaiyang.

At that time, no one could save Zang Ba, even Guan Yu had no hope, so Liu Lan asked Huang Zhong to delay time when he arrived in Zhangguo, just to create an illusion, because Zhang Fei was rushing to Dongguan as fast as possible, and when he got there, the two armies would disguise, and Zhang Fei would pretend to be the main force of the Langya army to support Peixian as Huang Zhong.

And the real Huang Zhong's main force will return in secret.

However, the action must be secretive, once discovered, it is likely that Yan Liang will flee because of this.